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Cardiovascular Health Centre
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Heart Disease and Aspirin
Many heart disease studies focus on men, to the exclusion of women. We have known for some time that regular doses of aspirin can reduce a man's risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Similar studies have only recently been completed in women. These studies suggest that aspirin can work as secondary prevention for women, but these studies have not shown that aspirin is beneficial for women who have never had a "cardiac event". Secondary prevention means the treatment is used only after the woman has had one cardiac event including heart surgery, a heart attack or an angioplasty.
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